Happy new year, lizards! We're back and what a winding road of recording this episode twice, having the audio bork differently two times, and then going with the original recording because it was slightly less bad this has been. All worth it for the story of Candy Jones, a.k.a. Arlene Grant, model possible MK Ultra victim. Buckle up for hypnosis, s…

The truth is out there and it is festive, y'all. It's Katy's turn and she has brought you some UFOs near Stonehenge that appear on Christmas morning, 1964 (and then a bunch of other times) - the story of the Warminster Thing! Is it just military drills from their nearby training area? Or is that what they WANT you to think? We check in with our PAs…

MM has a doozy for you this week, lizards - buckle up for the story of Victim F, a.k.a. the Gone Girl kidnapping, a.k.a. the abduction of Denise Huskins and the absolutely awful way she and her boyfriend were treated by police. Hm. Where have we heard THAT before? Stay tuned for the end of the episode where we have an update on the David Stone Hall…

How is it December?! Lizards, we recorded this one in a post-Thanksgiving haze, so in addition to the tale of Kaz II, the ghost yacht, get ready for opinions about gravy. Oh, right, we said ghost yacht. Further proof that you don't fuck with the ocean, back in 2007, the crew of the Kaz II disappeared with no explanation, in a way compared to the di…

Happy December, lizards! This week, MM brings you the winding tale of the "disappearance" of Tyler Hardy - brace yourselves for some twists! Turns! Etc.! Katy breaks MM's brain with a mushroom reference. "Hey, who wants to talk about some missing kids, now?" At what point when you're caught in a lie do you just give up? Also, hey, parents. Don't sh…

We're back with some spooky tales from the spookiest place on earth... Reddit. Katy and her scratchy voice went to r/letsnotmeet and found a few tales for MM to react to - do we believe they're real? Either way, let's not meet. There's a difference between people and FUCKING PEOPLE, you know what we mean? Also, if they say "stay on the trail," stay…

This week, MM brings us the tale of the only convicted witch in Virginia, Grace Sherwood, because spooky season is forever. But first, join us for millennial aunt advice corner, in which Katy espouses you should know thyself... and if you're not an entrepreneur. "A boner for land" is not a phrase we'd thought we'd ever say, but here we are. MM annu…

Last episode was our birthday and this episode is our 50th! Cheers! For our 50th episode, Katy has two Washington-state stories that are spooky (Kell's Irish Pub) and spooky adjacent (the very tragic tale of the murder of Jennifer Bastian and how her ghost is reportedly seen in Point Defiance Park). We are, of course, ready as hell for the Animal C…

Happy Halloween and happy birthday to our little pod! Thanks for joining us as we've learned what we're doing and getting in on how much fun we're having. Here's to many more! For our Halloween/birthday episode, MM brings us the spooky story of the disappearance of David Stone shortly after Halloween. We both conclude that we should live in caves..…

SPOOKY SEASON continues on the Wine Times Mysteries, y'all! This week, Katy covers two more medical mysteries - the Oakville Blobs and the death of Gloria Ramirez, who has been dubbed the Toxic Lady, since several people treating her fainted and got sick. 1994 WAS A STRANGE TIME, OKAY? Contemplate your mortality~ Spooooky~ Drinking game this week: …

AND WE'RE BACK. Thank you for patience with Katy's hibernation and sorry for the unintentional cliffhanger - here's our resolution to the story of the Three Sisters in Black! Let's dig into what happened to poor Ocey Snead, the trial of her mother and her aunts, and the authorities trying to piece it all together. There are a lot of scams going on!…

We're headed back to the early 1900s with MM's story this week (spoiler alert: and next week!) with the story of the Three Sisters in Black - Caroline Martin, Mary Snead, and Virginia Wardlaw - and the many mysterious deaths surrounding them. Buckle up, y'all, this is the background part of the story and it is a doozy with ousin marriage, cashing i…

Katy watched the Circleville Letters episode of 48 Hours so you don't have to. Learn about the small town in Ohio that was terrorized by anonymous letters about town secrets, starting in 1976 and stopping in 1993. Hundreds of letters were sent, but the main target seems to be Mary Gillispie and her family. Also: two tiny internet mystery amuse bouc…

It's MM's turn at the wheel and she brings us the tale of the first televangelist in the U.S., Aimee Semple McPherson - her rise to prominence in the 1920s, and her strange disappearance and the circumstances around it. What do you think happened? We recorded this on Labor Day weekend where Katy resembled a burrito-eating gremlin and MM was eaten a…

Katy returns to her fandom roots this week with a tale of no-stakes internet drama: the tale of MsScribe and her rise and fall in the Harry Potter fandom. JK Rowling is trash, but the shenanigans the fandom got up to after the release of Goblet of Fire is DELICIOUS. But first! MM went on a road trip that was... something. Katy used to cosplay at an…

And we're back! MM's here with Part 2 of her story on the Order of the Solar Temple, where we do a deeper look into their origins and beliefs, as well as their two leaders, Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret. There are a lot of bummers, you guys! Hey girl. Do you believe in past lives? If you did a past life regression, do you think you'd get a random…

A two parter? From MM? It's more likely than you think. MM's story this week is about a cult, the Order of the Solar Temple. In part one, she goes over the outcome of the story, where several events of mass death occur in 1994 and bring the Order into the public consciousness. The investigations into these deaths are MADDENING. But first, there's a…

Katy gets very literal this week and brings us a wine-based mystery by covering the story of Rudy Kurniawan, the first person to be charged with wine fraud in the U.S, from the 2016 documentary, "Sour Grapes." Content warning: you're really going to hate rich douchebags during this episode, but since you probably already DO... let's get into it. It…

MM unrolls the mile-long scroll of content warnings for the conclusion of her coverage of the Netflix documentary "Evil Genius." Find out what happened after authorities made the connection of the murder of Brian Wells to all of the shenanigans of Marjorie Diehl Armstrong and Bill Rothstein. Who the hell came up with over the hill parties? Katy has…

MM's telling a story that is full of way too many twists and turns to be contained in one episode: the 2003 murder of Brian Wells, which included a collar bomb, a bank heist, and lots of evil masterminding from Marjorie Diehl Armstrong. Also included, a BTS/Ginger Demon update. MM texting Katy about booby traps prompts no context questions or follo…

Katy brings you three mysteries from Washington's Olympic Peninsula - a mysterious tree fall of hundreds of trees around Lake Quinnault in 2018, the tale of Hallie Illingworth - the Lady of Lake Crescent, and the disappearance of Russell and Blanch Warren near Lake Crescent in 1929 that was solved 72 years later. Katy is being personally attacked b…

MM starts off this episode with some fun Lizard News... HOWEVER, she follows it up with a doozy of a mystery - the September 10, 2001 disappearance of Dr. Sneha Philip. Get ready to hate the patriarchy and heteronormativity (more than you already should and do). There are a lot of twists and turns here - get ready to take a drink any time we say HO…

We're back with Katy reporting in from the surface of the sun (...or Seattle in a historic heat cone) with some strange medical mysteries. If you are a hypochondriac... be warned, these maladies are wild and only provide more evidence that the brain is a terrifying place. Learn about aquagenic urticaria, or being ALLERGIC TO WATER, and a mystery br…

It's MM's turn for a story this week and we're headed back to Texas for the mystery of Pecos Jane Doe. Salina, Kansas teenager Jolaine Hemmy went missing in 1966 with only some suspicious postcards sent to her family as a trace of her. Meanwhile, a Jane Doe drowns in a pool at the Ropers Motel in Pecos, TX. There's a lot of twists and turns in this…

Hello, listeners - this week Katy brings you a smattering of Seattle/Washington state tales for you: a mysterious soda machine that dispenses rare sodas (hear us learn what Pepsi AM is in REAL TIME), but it currently off on a journey to find itself, a gravity hill where if you put your car in neutral it will go up the hill (because of... child ghos…

Katy's back to her proper coast so we are once again bicoastal besties. While we were mono-coastal, we took a little walk to a demonic house, which you get to hear all about, popped a bottle, and generally lived our best lives (and Katy got to meet PA Moxie). This week, MM brings us the tale of the Marion Murders of Fairfax County, VA, a story from…

Keeping the vibes right and tight, lizards! This week, Katy takes us back to Maryland due to listener feedback from the last episode, requesting tales of the Snallygaster, a Maryland cryptid possibly invented by moonshiners, its only natural enemy, the Dwayyo wolfman, and the Bunny Man, a scary tale based on a real story from... [checks notes] Fair…

MM brings us the story of the Love Has Won cult and the rise and mysterious fall of its "Mother God," Amy Carlson. Love Has Won originated in 2006 and hold on to your butts, this is a RIDE. We talk about our own levels of susceptibility for cults, our preferred excuses for if we find ourselves in the line for brands (GO BIG), the telltale signs of …

This week, Katy brings four Maryland-based stories to the table, hon. Learn along with MM about Maryland's own equal opportunity Goatman, the abandoned Glenn Dale Hospital, the curse of Moll Dyer, and the sad true crime tale of the Lyon Sisters. Hold on to your butts: there is a nearly 10-minute discussion of various non-salad salads of the 70's, l…

Listeners, how did you get interested in true crime and mysteries? This week, we're delving into MM's backstory in the Wine Times Cinematic Universe to hear some local lore and true crime from northern Texas (from approximately near things but also near nothing) and what it was like to hear these as a bebe MM. Stories include a local goatman, the G…

This week, we're joined by our first real guest (but not listener), Super Husband, who talks about how he knew Ed Chen before the murders, what it was like to find out, what Great Falls was like back in the 90s, and his own takes on the story of the Chen Family Murders. Look at us! Who would've thought? We also talk about Super Husband's SECOND bru…

Hello, listeners... We're taking a break from Beyond Belief for a few weeks (but staying in the 90s) to cover a true crime case that is local to MM's neck of the woods and we have a coincidental connection to: the Chen Family murders in Great Falls, Virginia in August 1995. Ed Chen murdered his mother, father, and brother in their home and went und…

Season 2, Episode 13 of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction goes out with a whimper and its leftover stories, but that doesn't mean we don't have a blast covering them and coming full circle with our nostalgia and love of mysteries. (And full circle with something inexplicably going wonky with Katy's audio.) Pro tip: If you're holding a baby, try to hol…

In this episode we break our record for how long it takes us to intro the podcast, but don't let that scare you. Welcome to Season 2, Episode 12 of Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction where the theme(?) is a ~touch of evil.~ We're headed to Florida (honestly, they could set a whole season of this show and it would all be fact, amirite), a demon-infested…

This episode is purposefully in a shambles, listeners, since Season 2, Episode 11 of Beyond Belief focuses on DISASTERS. Can rings melt together to save you from a fateful voyage? Can someone sense a volcano eruption on the other side of the world in their dreams? Can a director stop these actors from mouthbreathing? Do angels pick a few people to …

We are obSESSED with the late 90s references and styles on Beyond Belief, listeners, but not the casual late 90s racism. Katy's guessing again for Season 2, Episode 10 this week, where the stories are animal-related and exasperated-sigh-inducing. America is obSESSED with motorcycles, but not Danny's Hog Heaven or random Jay Leno name drops. We keep…

Y'all ready for this? No, listeners, you are indeed not ready for Episode 21 of the Wine Times Mysteries, where MM is in the hot seat for Season 2, Episode 9 of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. Katy got Animal Crossing and her life is different now. MM always bets on ghosts. Somehow, everyone survives a haunted bucket. (Not a haunted chair, though.)…

We continue our coverage of Beyond Belief Season 2 with Episode 8 this week - it's Katy's turn to guess FACT or FICTION on stories as varied as a murderous animatronic gorilla, committing some light B&E for a hot ghost, a sleepwalking cop with an improbable beachfront home, an evil chair, and... people running late. Nothing special, just... ten min…

Bonjour, les auditeurs! We're back with another assault on the French language, errr, episode covering Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. This week it's Season 2, Episode 7, and MM is sorting through the "ambiguity of truth" (okay, show, calm down). Will MM improve her guessing record? One of our tales is full of French accents as performed if they'd …

It's that time of the week again - join us for Season 2, Episode 6 of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction plus a bonus live wine selection as Katy picks her delivery for the month. What counts as foul language? Beyond Belief cribs from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Katy was bit by a spider but all it gave her was a hot take: Seinfeld was bad. There…

And we're back! Editing Gremlin Katy's brain has rebooted, so we're back with Season 2, Episode 5 of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction and MM's back on the hot seat. Play along at home and tell us how you did! Our scores are not intimidating. Katy kills all plants despite her best efforts. We remember Titanic fever. If there's a psychic teenager predi…

Beyond Belief really half-assed their theme this week, listeners. It's time for some (sort of) Friday the 13th tales! For Season 2, Episode 4 of Beyond Belief, MM tells the stories and Katy does her best to guess if they are fact.... or fiction. Play along and tell us how you do! Are the Beyond Belief writers tangentially responsible for Oscar-winn…

Do you have ghosts in your blood, listeners? We're back with Season 2, Episode 3 of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, and MM's our guesser again. Play along and tell us how you do! This episode has everything. Demon children, possessed chalkboards, A+ Frakes Phrases (tm), a telltale handprint, an astral projecting Crayola spokeskid, …

We're still buzzing over yesterday's inauguration, listeners. This week, we're talking about Season 2, Episode 2 of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, with MM telling the tales and Katy on the hot seat. Looks like the theme is "But they died ten years ago!" MM enjoyed a glass of rose with the help of some magic. Katy has never felt so alive. PA Oliver…

It's a new era, listeners! Welcome to our first episode covering Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction - this time we're watching Season 2, Episode 1 because, as you'll hear, we both felt very strongly about starting in the Frakes era. We're in our feelings about the insurrection and coup that happened in DC this week. No jokes here, just... sadness and a…

It's 2021, listeners! To celebrate, we got you a... very rough episode about the Unsolved Mysteries reboot episode, "Stolen Kids," covering the 1989 kidnappings of two toddlers in Harlem. MM names her upcoming memoir. PA Moxie rebels. Katy dodged a bad tattoo. Buy Nothing drama abounds. If there's a dunk on a podcast but the person doesn't hear it.…

Happy New Year's Eve, listeners! This week, we're talking about the Unsolved Mysteries reboot episode, "Lady in the Lake," about the 2010 disappearance and mysterious death of JoAnn Romain. ***Trigger warning: The police believe that JoAnn Romain committed suicide and we discuss their theory (and why her family thinks the theory is total bs). It do…

Hello, listeners! Happy Candlenights, merry Crimbo, and welcome to the ghost episode! MM and Katy cover the Unsolved Mysteries reboot "Tsunami Spirits," about the 2011 tsunami that devastated Ishinomaki and the Tohoku region of Japan and the reports of ghost sightings and spirits that have happened since. MM gets confronted with all her anxiety tri…

Hello listeners! This week, MM and Katy get into episode 3 of the Netflix Unsolved Mysteries reboot's second season, "Death Row Fugitive," about the escape of convicted murderer Lester Eubanks from custody in 1973. Eubanks was in prison for the 1965 murder of Mary Ellen Deener and has evaded capture since his escape. Some ideas are real bad ideas. …

Hello, listeners! This week, MM and Katy are all aboard the spy train as they talk about the Unsolved Mysteries episode "Death in Oslo," about the 1995 death of an unidentified woman found in the Plaza Hotel in Oslo, Norway. ****Trigger warning: one of the theories surrounding this woman is that she died by suicide, and we talk about this theory. F…